All the riders participating in the races during the Opening Weekend were warmly welcomed by the crowds in Ghent. But no applause could compare to when
Wout Van Aert took to the stage. It just goes on to show much the fans love their home hero.
And that is precisely where the problem lies for the leader of Visma | Lease a Bike, thinks
Michel Wuyts.
"He is too popular," says the former Sporza commentator in the HLN podcast Wuyts & Vlaeminck.